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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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